谷風

谷風

Chinese

		valley	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (谷風)		谷	風
simp. (谷风*)		谷	风
alternative forms		穀風／谷风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guufeng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔfong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk¹ fung¹
    • Yale: gūk fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

谷風

1. (literary) easterly; wind blowing from the east

   習習谷風，以陰以雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   习习谷风，以阴以雨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Xíxí gǔfēng, yǐ yīn yǐ yǔ. [Pinyin]

   Gently blows the east wind, with cloudy skies and with rain.

2. (literary) wind in the valley

Synonyms

• (easterly): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)